These are uncertain times. That’s what all the commercials are calling it.
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt are in abundance. All of those things make people scared and unable to act.
It’s finally September. In fact, we are coming to the end of September. We are three quarters of the way through this year.
What a year! Back in March, one quarter of the year had passed and we were told to stay home. Like an inverse hibernation. Stay home this spring. Don’t leave. Don’t come out.
And then it became the summer too. And apparently the fall.
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt is a well-known inhibitor. It even has a Wikipedia entry. Don’t think, just do what you are told. Wikipedia says it can “discourage decision-makers from choosing”
Stay. Be afraid. Be uncertain.
But time is passing. With every moment comes the need to make choices. Even if the choice is to remain.
For the most part, I remain. But I refuse to be choiceless. With every breath I have volition.
I choose to remain. Choice brings air back. If I choose to remain, what other choices are there?
I do not choose fear. There are sure things I do not doubt. I choose the opposite of fear.
I can show love. I can give love to the people around me. To get outside the choicelessness of fear and doubt, I choose to love who and what is around me.
I know I can love my family. Then I can stretch that love and give it out to the people who are less easy to love.
That makes room for more choice. More air. Freedom.
There is always fear, uncertainty and doubt.
There is also
always
Love, surety and choice.
I choose love. The rest will follow.